LIBRARY

Welcome

The Library is open from 8.00am to 4.00pm each day, including recess and lunchtime for all students.

Librarian - Mrs Lynn Swannell

ICT Manager - Mr Kevin Hunter

ICT Technician - Mr Sam Karagiannis

Overdue Library Books

Please check for any library books which you may have outstanding - reminders are sent to your school emails and you can also login to the Library website to check your own records.  All books currently on loan will be due back the first week of Term 4. 

2022 Library Team

Thank you to the 2022 Library Team students for  once again helping to keep the library a busy and vibrant place.  We have had many new displays in the Library this term and  activities on offer during lunchtimes for all students.

Melbourne Writer's Festival

The Melbourne writer’s festival was so incredible and truly an amazing experience.  It was so informational learning about creative writing by real authors and being able to ask questions was so incredible. I loved how all the authors had diverse characters and amazing stories. I learned all about creative writing and what happens before the book is able to be put out on the shelves for people to buy - such as having an 'authenticity reader'  for their characters, who reads it so no misinformation is spread about their culture or identity.

Charli BS (Year 8)

Last Friday I and 20 other students got the opportunity to attend the Melbourne Writer's Festival and listen to four Australian authors. Rhiannon Wilde, Vannessa Len, Tobias Madden and C.S Pacat - who all taught me so much. They told us about their writing process's and inspiration, as well as so many tips to help us with our own writing! For me, all the authors represented a new generation of writers, with every one of their books being diverse and inclusive in different ways, especially around the lgbtqi+ community. I love this because it's only recently that people who are supposedly 'different' are being represented in books, C.S Pacat talked about the stories she read growing up being about the same type of people with the same backgrounds, 'I love those books to death, but I also felt the oppression of them.' All the authors could relate to this, saying they couldn't really see themselves being represented in the stories they read as kids, so in their own books they wanted to be as inclusive and multicultural and diverse as possible. I was so inspired by everything I learnt on Friday and I had so much fun! I 100% recommend going to my fellow writers and readers! 

Lily A (Year 7)

The writer’s festival exhibits 4 authors to talk about their experiences writing and showcase their books. This year we met, Rhiannon Wilde, Vanessa Len, Tobias Madden, and CS Pacat. The event was hosted at the Capitol Theatre, an architectural marvel and lit up with many lights to create a modern origami effect. The time was arranged for an interview and then questions asked by the MWF Schools. Rhiannon Wilda was up first to express her story about writing, being a teacher and having experienced the same story as on of her books, not knowing what to do after year 12. She also gave a detailed explanation to her characters in her new book Where You Left Us and how they connect with her. Next up, Vanessa Len, Len shared about her inspiration for writing and book Only a monster and revealing a 2nd and 3rd part to the series is to be added! Len shared about her heritage as well and the impact it had. We had a break to buy and get signed books from the authors and their newest books. Some being released 1 week prior! Tobias Madden gave an inspirational interview growing up LGBTIQA+ and being a dancer. This heavily inspired his book, Take a Bow Noah Mitchell. In the theatre and performing arts. CS Pacat changed up the format at the end with “Ask me anything” and the schools got to ask questions about the book and the process. This format wasn’t as engaging as the other interviews. But gave great detail about her book and the process of writing. That brought a conclusion to the day.

Ren H (Year 8)

At the start of the day, I was excited as I walked up the staircase into the theatre, I saw the ceiling and it gave me a cold chill down my spine as I looked at the fantasied ceiling with the bright neon colours. The first author talked about how if she didn’t stay in Melbourne during covid she probably would’ve written a completely differently novel. That really connected with me because I always think about how things could’ve gone differently depending on where/when you are. The second author (Vanessa Len) was my favourite because personally she gave the best tips on how to write a novel or just be inspired by little things. The thing I really liked is how she likes writing from the villain point of view - I do too but I’m just not that good at doing it. So that is probably what my future goal is going to be! 

Ryan BG (Year 8)

Rhiannon Wilde was the first speaker at the Melbourne writers festival, She wrote the text ‘Where you left us’. She was confident with her opinions and her writing follows the coming of age theme. Rhiannon pursued her dreams to become an author even when she doubted herself which I find quite inspirational.

The second speaker was Vanessa Len who wrote ‘Only a monster’. Vanessa Len wanted to make the book that she had always wanted to read when she was young and so, she did. Her speaking was well shaped and she answered her audiences questions properly and really proved a point as to how someone doesn’t have to have a big name to write a good book.

Tobias Madden was the third speaker who wrote ‘Take a bow, Noah Mitchell’. Tobias Madden has had quite the life as before becoming a writer he was a theatre performer. His past career had inspiration for his novel as the main topic in the book is becoming a new theatre member to find that whom the main character likes who he only knows through his gamertag.

C.S. Pacat was the fourth and final speaker who write ‘Dark rise’. She takes a lot of inspiration from fantasy and magic concepts as that is what the novel centres around. Her answers to many questions gave some helpful information to aspiring authors and she seemed to want to write her book accurately (to an extent).

Overall, the venue which was the capitol theatre was great and the authors all cared about their novels as well as their audiences. The day was fun and I really enjoyed finding out new things about the writing process and what to do when writers block comes up. I really appreciate that I got an invitation to this event and am happy I went.

Ethan W (Year 8)